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Korean, Joseon Dynasty Brown Green Glazed Stoneware Pottery Ceramic Teapot
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted Korean stoneware pottery teapot with a beautiful muted green and brown glaze, color, and nicely aged patina. This work radiates ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Jun Isezaki Signed Japanese Bizen Yaki Ware Pottery Large Vase Signed Sealed Box
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made large Bizen Yaki Ware vase by famed Japanese Bizen pottery master artist Jun (Jyun) Isezaki (born 1936) who was designated a Japanese Living National Treasure in 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Arthur Okamura Signed Original Ink on Paper Drawing Nude Portrait of Woman
By Arthur Okamura
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite beautiful and alluring original ink of paper drawing of a strong standing woman/female nude by Japanese American (Nisei) San Francisco Bay Area artist Arthur (Art) Okumura (1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Torii Kotondo Signed and Sealed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Rain Ame 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and strongly composed woodblock print by renowned Japanese painter/artist Torii Kotondo. This work, titled Rain (Ame), is a highly coveted pr...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Abstract Japanese Woodblock Print, 1956
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino.
This print, which appears to be titled "Tori & ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Antonio Prieto Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Large Vase
By Antonio Prieto
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully shaped, relatively large, and sumptuously glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio pottery vase by Spanish American master potter Antonio Prieto. The work features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Nezumi Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, patter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Midcentury Organic Wood Turned Vase Sculpure
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made, organic natural wood-turned weed vase by famed American / California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. This work has such a great heft and textur...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Organic Modern Natural Hand Carved Wood Folk Art Abstract Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A rather engaging modern abstract folk art wood sculpture on a display stand. The piece is hand-carved from a single piece of lighter wood (no...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese narrative "Tales of the Genji". The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful han...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Southeast Asia Asian Thai Stone Carved Standing Buddha Artifact Sculpture Statue
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite beautiful and striking tall stone carved praying serene Buddha sculpture/statue on a custom display stand.
We believe this artifact/Buddha fragment...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Large South Indian India Asian Original Pichwai Painting of Elephant Procession
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, quite large and decorative, engaging South Indian Asian (India) Pichwai and/or gouache painting in a heavy two-sided acrylic frame featuring an evening Maharaja roy...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Textile, Silk, Paint
Norwegian Norway Mid-Century Teak Bear Sculpture In Manner of Arne Tjomsland
By Arne Tjomsland
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully designed gem of a piece. This work made of teak was made in Norway in the mid-1950s. We believe it could very well be by renowned Norwegian designer Arne T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging colorfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, whirling, vibrant, colorful glazes (with traces of reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, etc... ). It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work.
The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram.
A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Mid-Century Modern Couinard Art Studio Pottery Bowl
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and gorgeously glazed large earthenware bowl by ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Quite heavy and solid .The couple were best kn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, pattern, and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Japanese Antique Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase with Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase. The piece is finely detailed with rich raised gilt highlights throughout and beautifully decorated in gold and various hand painted other colors.
From the Meiji period (1868-1912).
This piece has the all-important Shimazu Family crest mark (red circle with a cross inside) on the base authenticating the work as an old and original Satsumaware work. The mark shows the pottery was made under the rule of the Shimazu clan.
From a Los Angeles Collection...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Playful Court Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite fascinating hand-painted six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a rather engaging androgynous or erotic court scene (it has been suggested to us that thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Hand Carved Chinese Wood Carved, Bone Inlay Foo Dogs, circa Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
Intricately carved wood and bone inlaid pair of Chinese foo dogs.
Very unique and wonderful. We haven't seen another pair quite like them. Sure to stand...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Bone
Large Carved Wood, Lacquered and Gilt Seated Temple Shrine Thai or Burma Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
Amazing piece. Heavy and solid. Carved from a single block of wood and wonderfully colored and decorated. Buddha has a serene facial expression with hands in the "Calling The Earth to Witness" Mudra position. Likely Burmese or Northern Thai.
We are listing as 20th century but could be older.
From a large collection of Asian artifacts...
Category
20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Tibetan Bronze and Gilt Temple Shrine Sculpture of Deity Bodhisattva White Tara
Located in Studio City, CA
This is a fantastic piece. Perhaps part of a Tibetan temple shrine at one time. Beautiful faded gilt coloring and patina. We believe this is the Tibeat figure of the white Tara, the goddess of great compassion. She is akin to the Chinese figure of Quan Yin.
We are listing as 20th century but could be older.
Nice size and weight.
Would be a great addition to any collection and sure to stand out in any setting. From a large collection of Chinese and Tibetan antiques...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Davis Hall Nantucket South Shoal Lightship Hand Woven Basket, circa 1870s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare and hard to find nantucket lightship basket by Davis Hall, (1828-1906). Hall's baskets are prized by collectors of lightship baskets worldwide. This basket is made with his traditional swing handle and rounded lollipop connecting two ends. Hall cultivated his basket-making skill on the South shoal lightship after the American Civil War...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Wood, Cane, Rattan
Korean Joseon Dynasty Glazed Pottery Ceramic Hakame Chawan Tea Bowl Dish
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897) Korean pottery bowl/ dish with a beautiful muted glaze, color, and nicely aged patina.
As this is not our area of expertise, we are listing...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Otto and Gertrud Natzler Signed Green Lava Glaze Bowl with Original Paper Label
By Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
A masterful work by famed potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped footed bowl was wheel thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Midcentury Large Glazed Pottery Vase in the Manner of Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
A really large and wonderful piece. Clearly, the maker was a fan of Shoji Hamada's work. Could be a Mashiko Ware pottery vase.
Signed on the base along with a sticker on the insi...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Print Sazaidō Hall at Five Hundred Rakan Temple
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) titled "The Sazaido Hall at the Five Hundre...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nara, circa 1962
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japane...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Chinese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Mythical Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, strangely beautiful, unusually engaging, and alluring hand-painted large six-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting an almost magical/ mythical nature scene ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Russian Icon Painting Theotokos Vladimir Madonna Mother Mary Child Jesus Christ
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully engaging, darkly nuanced Theotokos of Vladimir Russian icon (or possibly Our Lady of Kazan Icon/Mother of God of Kazan) tempera painting (and possibly gold leaf) on a wooden panel featuring the Madonna (Mother Mary) and infant child (a baby Jesus Christ) in her arms. Theotokos is the term for an Eastern icon...
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Junichiro Sekino Japanese Woodblock Print Monjuro and Jihei of Bunraku Puppets
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and stunning, limited edition woodblock print is considered by many experts to be one of Sekino's masterpiece works (along with "Eiza and Matsuomaru"). The print of bunraku puppeteer master Kiritake Monjûrô is sealed, signed in pencil and numbered (76/100) by the artist and is also matted and framed. The print is circa 1953.
A scarce and rare print.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Cast Iron Tea Kettle Water Pot Tetsubin, Late 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, heavy and uniquely shaped Japanese cast iron teapot tetsubin without top.
Likely late 19th-early 20th century.
From a collecti...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Roy Lichtenstein Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Screenprint Haystack #6, 1969
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Studio City, CA
An iconic image by Pop Art master artist Roy Lichtenstein titled "Haystack #6" from his critically acclaimed, somewhat rare, and now hard-to-find Haystack series. Lichtenstein, inspired by his trip to Paris and viewing of Claude Monet's impressionistic paintings of haystacks, the work, and series is a pop art homage to the French painter. The series of seven "Haystack" prints runs from morning (yellow) to midnight (black, with embossing) each reflecting Monet's changing light effects.
This work is a limited edition lithograph with screen printing on Rives BFK white wove paper. It was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blind stamps to the lower right margin). The work was done in a limited numbered edition of 100.
The work is hand-signed in pencil, dated (1969), and numbered (90/100) by Lichtenstein.
This particular work can be found in The Tate Museum, London, UK, The Philadelphia Art Museum...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Yeo Byong-Uk Korean Multi-Fired Stoneware Pottery Ceramic Vessel Vase Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
Breathtaking in execution and form. Minimalist in design yet commanding the viewer's attention. This amazing piece is by Korean contemporary ceramist Yeo Byong-uk who is predominantl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Korean Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stoneware
Melia Made to Order Customizable Modern Sofa
By Dwell Floor Five
Located in Studio City, CA
Sleek and midcentury scaled the Melia sofa is stylish and hip.
The sofa can be customized to your liking with plenty of fabric colors and options to choo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Chrome
Tibetan Buddhist Framed Thangka Painting of Buddhistic Bodhisattva Goddess Deity
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, vibrantly colored, intricately designed elongated Tibetan Thangka painting featuring a multi-armed female goddess or deity (likely Avalok...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
K. Lee Manuel Framed Hand Painted Feather and Textile Wearable Necklace / Collar
By K. Lee Manuel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, decorative and stunning feather and fabric collar by famed fashion designer K. Lee Manuel. The piece has been professionally mounted and artfully framed in an acrylic box frame...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Nylon, Paint, Feathers, Leather
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging wonderfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Shoji Hamada Mingei Kakiyu Kaki Persimmon Glaze Vase Original Signed Sealed Box
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisite, beautifully crafted, sumptuously glazed vase by Japanese Mingei Mashiko pottery master Shoji Hamada, which features a fine example of his highly coveted rich Kaki/persi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Otto & Gertrud Natzler Signed Dark Blue Green Glazed Bowl with Original Label
By Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
Another wonderfully glazed and delicately designed work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped, eggshell thin-walled footed bowl was hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto with a beautiful dark blue or green glaze. The bowl radiates in the light.
This work is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic collection...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Shiko 'Shikou' Munakata Signed Japanese Mingei Woodblock Print Hirosaki Castle
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mingei woodblock print titled "Hirosaki Castle (sometimes just "Castle")" by famed Japanese master Showa era printmaker/ artist Shiko Munakata (棟方志功 ) who was widely considered to have been the Pablo Picasso of Japan. Munakata was associated with the Sosaku-hanga movement and the mingei (folk art) movement. His awards and recognitions include the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, the first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, and the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1959 he spent a year touring and exhibiting in the United States. Upon his return, the Horinji Temple in Kyoto bestowed him with the honorary rank of “Hokkyo”. In 1962, he received the rank of “Hogan” from Nisseki Temple in Toyama prefecture. other awards include the Medal of Honor in 1963 and the Asahi Shimbun Culture Prize in 1965. In 1970, Munakata received the Order of Culture, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government.
Munakata's work can be found in numerous international collections and museums including:
The Britsih Museum, UK
The Chicago Art Institute
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
The Munakata Shiko...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Buddhist Nara 1955
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese Sosaku Hanga printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Beatrice Wood Signed Rare Mid-Century Luster Lava Glazed Minature Small Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, absolute gem of a piece by famed American California studio ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly desired gorgeous iridescent luster volcanic (crater) lava glaze. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Anne A. E. Hirondelle Signed Large Modern Ceramic Pottery Glazed Vessel Teapot
By Anne Hirondelle
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully colored and glazed, rather unique piece by renowned American Pacific Northwest Coast potter Anne Hirondelle who in 1993 was a recipient of a National Endowment for the ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Carved Wood and Gilt Standing Serene Temple Shrine Thai Asian Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
Tall hand carved wooden standing Buddha on display stand. Likely Thai. Beautifully carved and detailed.
Great addition to any collection or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Don Reitz Signed Salt Fired Studio Ceramic Pottery Sculpture Vase
By Don Reitz
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and unique work by famed American ceramic master Don Reitz who was known for his salt-fired works and the distinctive colors and forms he achiev...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Paul Jacoulet Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Marionettes Chinoises Chinois 1935
By Paul Jacoulet
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original woodblock print by famed French artist Pail Jacoulet titled "Marionettes Chinoises Chinois. (Chinese Puppets. Chinese)" Jacoulet was famed for his techniques inv...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Bronze Thai Siam Temple Shrine Kamphaeng Phet Style Buddha Head on Marble Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, little gem of a piece. Thai/ Siam meditating Buddha with serenely closed eyes in the Kamphaeng Phet style. The piece has a beautiful patina acquired over time.
From a collection of Asian antiques. Would be a nice addition to any South-East Asian artifacts...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Inuit Native American Eskimo Signed Large Stone Carved Tusked Walrus Sculpture
By Native American Art
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone large, heavy carving of a tusked walrus by the indigenous inuit people who inhabit parts of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Soapstone
Steve Schapiro Signed Iconic Silver Gelatin Photo "Three Men, New York 1961"
By Steve Schapiro
Located in Studio City, CA
A historic and iconic, richly toned, silver gelatin print or image by prolific and renowned photographer Steve Schapiro. Perhaps his most famous image.
Signed, stamped and titled ("Three Men, New York 1961") by the artist on the verso. The print has been professionally matted and framed with museum glass.
Schapiro's photographs have appeared in such international magazines as Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, People and Paris Match...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
Materials
Paper
Large Heavy Thai Siam Asian Ceramic Buddha Head Bust Sculpure on Display Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
This is truly a spectacular work A beautifully sculptured Buddha head (the features and finial suggest that it is Thai/ Siam) on a custom display stan...
Category
20th Century Asian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Korean Buncheong Joseon Dynasty Antique Glazed Pottery Ceramic Wabi-Sabi Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and sumptuously blue and white crackle glazed and colored, moon pot shaped, hand-decorated/painted Korean Buncheong porcelain vase. Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The vase...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Hand Carved Large Vintage Antique Wood Duck Decoy Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early to Mid-20th Century hand-carved and painted wood duck or mallard decoy with glass eyes. This piece has an wonderful color and texture.
From an impressive Los Angeles vintage duck and antique swan decoy...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decoys
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Omi-Onna Mask with Custom Box 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring female mask made for the Japanese Noh theatre.
This mask is handcrafted and carved from natural wood and lacquer.
Omi-Onna's (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Masks
Materials
Wood
Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Stencil Print, 1985
By Yoshitoshi Mori
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite large and engaging fine print by famed Japanese printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori. The print portrays an ancient Samurai, one of Mori's favorite subjects, with an arrowhead in hand. It is stamped, signed, dated (1985) and numbered (12/50) by the artist. The original 1985 price of 300,000 yen can be seen written along the bottom edge of print. I have only seen this print offered once before making it relatively rare. A must have for collectors or admirers of Yoshitoshi Mori's work or lovers of Japanese prints in general. Would stand out in any setting and/or collection.
The print has been professionally framed.
Framed dimensions: 37" high, 45" wide and 1" deep
Considered to be one of Japan's finest and most innovative 20th century print makers, Mori has exhibited throughout the world and his works can be found in permanent collections in such museums and galleries as:
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art
Barcelona Art...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Bob Stocksdale Signed Mid-Century Modern Turned Exotic Wood Charger Platter
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rich wood charger by American master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale.
Signed and marked ("Bubinga from Africa") by the artist on th...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Morino Hiroaki Taimei Signed Japanese Pottery Double Gourd Art Vase Original Box
By Hiroaki Taimei Morino
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite alluring, gorgeously glazed ceramic/pottery large double gourd vase by renowned Japanese potter/artist Morino Hiroaki Taimei (森野 泰明 Hiroaki Morino (森野 泰明, Morino Hiroaki, born 1934 in Kyoto, known sometimes by his pseudonym as Taimei Morino (森野 泰明, Morino Taimei). This work features a radiant gold glaze over a piercing blue body - a very coveted style of the artist.
The vase is signed with Morino Hiroaki Taimei's incised mark to underside and comes with the original signed and sealed Tomobako wood box, stamped cloth as well as a printed biography of the artist with record of awards.
A rare and hard to find size and shape. Would be a great addition to any collector's of Morino Hiroaki Taimei's or Japanese/Asian pottery and make for an eye catching stand alone accent artwork in about any setting.
Taimei's has participated in hundreds of shows in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Australia. In 2021, he was recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit, the highest national award given to cultural artists in Japan. His work can be found in numerous private and public collections including:
Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Research Center, Japan
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Emba Museum of Chinese Modern Art...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Joichi Hoshi Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Clump of Trees in Winter, 1976
By Joichi Hoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, lovely mood setting woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Joichi Hoshi. This work is titled "Clump of Trees in Winter" and features a group of trees wi...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Peter Voulkos Signed Rare Abstract California Studio Pottery Art Doll Sculpture
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite engaging Anagama art sculpture by American master potter/artist Peter Voulkos who is universally known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures. Voulkos often referred to these few, rare creations as his "dolls". They were typically constructed from scraps of clay cut from larger sculptures and combined into abstract expressionist figures loosely based on Japanese Haniwa figures...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Transparent Shadow
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Transparent Shadow", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merg...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury Monumental Large Figurative Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
We try not to use the term "museum quality" often but in the case of his particular work, it is more than apt.
A simply breathtaking piece by famed American ceramicist Beatrice Wo...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
